[82268] in Cypherpunks
Re: CP uses for the PGP 5.0 source
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Sun Jun 22 20:37:30 1997
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 17:05:51 -0700
To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <v03102800afd3687f206a@[10.0.2.15]>
Reply-To: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
At 04:41 PM 6/22/97 -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
>1. Remailer: One reason remailers haven't been as popular as we've hoped
>is the need to operate separate, sometime difficult to use, remailer client
>software. By integrating these and other functions into plug-ins, creation
>of persistant identities and integration with key generation and management
>can be simplified.
Type I remailers were a nice proof of concept. Nothing more. What you want
is a Mixmaster client similar to PGP 5.0. I doubt the PGP source will be of
much help for this task.
>2. Digital postage:
Has nothing to do with PGP. A different problem entirely.
[...]
>ECash could really supply an economic shot in the arm for remailers, making
>possible commercial (read profitable) remailers. It will also offer a
>ready-made market for accountless ecash, which will be available soon.
>Jeremey Barrett's higher level ecash API should greatly simplify ecash
>integration.
Amen. What's the ETA?
Thanks,
--Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
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